Bill, Thank You very much for that info. I have heard of people finding the sheets in the headliner and under the carpet, also. I had a 69, but I now have a 1975 4-dr HT LeBaron in Moondust Metallic. Æyn --- Bill Watson <wwatson5@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Car production broadcast sheets date back to the early 1960's > (at least) in > the U.S. and 1966 or 1967 in Canada. > > They were used to identify the parts going onto a car and thus > were attached > to items brought in from other suppliers (seats, carpets, etc.) > or from > another line in the plant (instruemt panels). Sheets wwe also > attached to > the body itself as the car rolled down the line, usually to the > front and > rear fenders, so the assembly line workers could tell which > axle, > suspension, brake, wheels, etc. to install. The U.S. 1961 > Plymouth-Valiant > brochure shows a freshly -painted red Valiant proceeding from > the paint area > to the next point on the assmbly line with a brodcast sheet in > the right > headlamp cavity. > > The sheets were also printed at differennt days and times, > depending upon > when they were needed. Seats, which were built by outisde > supppliers, had > sheets printed probably the earliest while sheets placed on the > fenders were > done last as they would not be needed until the day of > assembly. The > sheets attached to the seats are usually tbe most common as > they were placed > in the seat springs and are the hardest to fall off. Of > course sheets > placed on the outside of the car as the it progressed down the > line were > tossed in the garbage when done. Chrysler began including the > day and time > of printing on the sheet sometime in the mid-1970's. > > The area labelled "Build Codes" listed either the last three > digits of the > part number or a bin number along with the colour code (where > needed). > This made it easy for the assembly line worker to grab the > correct part for > the car - torsion bars, steering column and wheel, brake/clutch > pedals, > radiator, wheels, wheel covers/hub caps, etc.. > > What years of Imperials do you have? There are a number of > sites but their > codes are usually a mish mosh of years as they group 1962-68 > codes together > which is incorrect. The codes were the same for 1960-61, > 1962-64, 1965, > and 1966-68. Code 502, for example, was "Deluxe wheel > covers" in 1960-61, > "225-cid slant six engine" in 1962-64, "Partial horn ring" in > 1965 and > "Floor mats - heany duty - Police" in 1966-68. > > >From 1969 to 1983 Chrysler used an A-N-N layout instead of the > three numbers > (N-N-N) and grouped codes by the first letter (A - > Accesories/Packages; B- > Brakes, C - Seats and carpets, D - Transmissions, etc.) Code > descriptions > were not altered during that time, although not all codes were > used for > every year. The codes were changed to an A-A-A- layout in > 1984. > > > Bill > Vancouver, BC > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "aeyn" <mr85000@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2006 4:56 AM > Subject: IML: Car Production Broadcast Sheets > > > > Hello All, > > This is just an idea. For those of us who have done > work on > > our cars, how many have been able to find the Car Production > > Broascast sheet for our cars? And where did they find it? I > > have baan able to find the Car Production Broadcast sheets in > > both of my Imperials. I believe that both of them were > retained > > by the bottom seat springs under the back seat. Is there a > > listing anywhere that will tell me what the codes meant for > the > > years I have? Also, on which years were the sheets done and > was > > there anything on the older cars like this. I know that they > have > > been used from 1969 to 1993. For the most part, they were > hidden > > and unless you know where and what to look for, most people > would > > not know that it even exists. > > > > Æyn & Patrick > > > > (By the way, "Æyn" is the old english spelling of "Ian" and > > prodnounced the same.) > > > > > > ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com > ----------------- > This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. > Please > reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will > be > shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for > the > Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm > > ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm